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H6 Torfhaus route
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- 42.55 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: difficult
- Condition: difficult
- Mountain bike

Okertalsperre

View to the Brocken

View in the West Harz

Okertalsperre with Schulenberg

- 4:00 h
- 42.55 km
- 751 m
- 751 m
- 288 m
- 801 m
- 513 m
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- Start: Valley station of the Burgberg cable car, Nordhäuser Straße 2 A, 38667 Bad Harzburg

The route leads from the northern edge of the Harz up into the High Harz.

The half-day route goes over hills and valleys, with the track surface frequently changing. There are steep ascents and descents in places. Until Torfhaus, the route generally climbs uphill, followed by a longer descent to the Oker reservoir. Ultimately, it climbs again to the Brockenblick shelter before descending steeply back to the starting point.

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Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Pavements

Asphalt (5%)

Gravel (63%)

Trail (26%)

Path (6%)

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Public transportation**About 2 km from the station and on the south side of the town center is the valley station of the Burgberg cable car, where six MTB routes start.

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Additional information

The Volksbank Arena Harz is also available on YouTube.

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Author

Volksbank Arena Harz

Organization

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

License (master data)

Map

**The Harz for mountain bikers**

Through the extremely varied North German low mountain range landscape, 74 signposted mountain bike circular routes (total length 2,300 km) run, classified into three difficulty levels. Official map set "The Harz for Mountain Bikers." Completely revised and expanded new edition. The new map set consists of a route book with detachable individual descriptions and detailed maps of the routes. In addition, there is a topographic overview map (1:50,000) on weatherproof and durable POLYART material.

ISBN 978-3-935806-28-2

Price 16.80 €

Publisher map solutions, Karlsruhe 2017

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- Place of interest
    
    
    - National park info centre
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    - Lookout tower
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    - National park info centre
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**outdooractive**

Contact

Bad Harzburg

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